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San Francisco ballpark gets solar power system
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will install a solar energy system at the San Francisco Giants' AT&T Park, believed to be the first solar power plant at a major league baseball park.
The utility, a unit of San Francisco-based PG&E Corp., will place 590 solar panels at the park to produce 123 kilowatts of electricity, enough energy to light up a new scoreboard or power about 25 homes, PG&E said on Tuesday.
The system will be ready in time for baseball's All-Star game on July 10 at AT&T Park.
Solar electricity is in use at some minor league baseball parks in the United States and at soccer stadiums in Europe and Asia.
The Nuremberg soccer stadium in Germany installed a solar photovoltaic system ahead of the 2006 World Cup to supply electricity to the local grid, and Switzerland's new Stade de Suisse in Bern has a big solar installation on its roof.
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